1 Peter 2:2

New American Bible - revised edition

like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation,

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

Is not my house firm before God? He has made an eternal covenant with me, set forth in detail and secured. Will he not bring to fruition all my salvation and my every desire?

Job 17:9

The righteous holds to his way, the one with clean hands increases in strength.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like shining light, that grows in brilliance till perfect day.

Hosea 14:5

I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Hosea 14:7

and his shoots will go forth. His splendor will be like the olive tree and his fragrance like Lebanon cedar.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14

but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Mark 10:15

Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”

Luke 18:17

Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” The Rich Official.

Romans 6:4

We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Ephesians 2:21

Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;

Ephesians 4:15

Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. [Amen.]